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first time, this president helped shaped defense policy and made that announcement from inside the pentagon. >> our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority. >> the defense will cut almost $500 billion. no numbers were announced, there will be cuts in personnel. the army and marines are set to shrink in three years. >> there is no question that we have to make some trade-offs. we will be taking some level of additional risk. >> they argue that changes will go easier if they consider certain factors the end of the iraq war the drawdown in afghanistan, and successful efforts with nato allies. at a ceremony today for d.c. national guardsmen heading to afghanistan, and understanding that change is inevitable. >> troops will feel the cuts in many ways. the secretary of defense says there would be changes anyway because of these mandated budget cuts by congress. he did admit that these changes are going to be seen by many in the complete overhaul as too drastic and dangerous. >> you can track our coverage of this story on wjl
first time, this president helped shaped defense policy and made that announcement from inside the pentagon. >> our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority. >> the defense will cut almost $500 billion. no numbers were announced, there will be cuts in personnel. the army and marines are set to shrink in three years. >> there is no question that we have to make some trade-offs. we will be taking some level...
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our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is joining us by telephone. what can you tell us about this latest victim? >> good morning, randi. this young man, john larimer, had only been in the navy less than a year, we are told. 27 years old. his specialty, he was attached to a cryptology unit. you know, this is the new era of warfare, berwar, information operations, crypttology. that's what he was doing, stationed in colorado. apparently, by all accounts, went to the movies that night with some of his buddies. very, very sad business. the navy this morning is preparing, with the permission of his family, to render full military honors to this young man. he may have served in the military for less than a year, but the navy considers him, obviously, one of their own. they can also tell us that this young man came from a military navy family, that both his father and his grandfather served. a navy arrived at his parent's home in chicago last night to give them the news. we are told there are assistance officers with the family, helping them get through thi
our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is joining us by telephone. what can you tell us about this latest victim? >> good morning, randi. this young man, john larimer, had only been in the navy less than a year, we are told. 27 years old. his specialty, he was attached to a cryptology unit. you know, this is the new era of warfare, berwar, information operations, crypttology. that's what he was doing, stationed in colorado. apparently, by all accounts, went to the movies that night...
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right now at wusa9.com, see artwork by children being shown at the pentagon. see photographs from new york's 9/11 memorial museum and learn more about the events going on around town today. all of that and more right now at wusa9.com. >>> prince george's county police admit they still have no leads in the murder of a 17- yard high school student. they're hoping anyone will come forward with the smallest piece of information even. aamber stanley was murdered in her own bedroom last month in kettering. police say the killer went into the home of amber's bedroom and shot her. more than a hundred people attended last night's community meeting, including amber's mother. >> i miss her, my baby. i'm just waiting to wake up from a horrible dream. i'm walking around waiting to wake up. >> another goal? to ensure the people who live in kettering that their neighborhood is safe. police say there have only been three violent crimes so far this year. >>> michael brown says nearly $114,000 from his campaign account is missing after, quote, unexplained expenditures. "the was
right now at wusa9.com, see artwork by children being shown at the pentagon. see photographs from new york's 9/11 memorial museum and learn more about the events going on around town today. all of that and more right now at wusa9.com. >>> prince george's county police admit they still have no leads in the murder of a 17- yard high school student. they're hoping anyone will come forward with the smallest piece of information even. aamber stanley was murdered in her own bedroom last...
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. >>> día viernes de baseball , entre gigantes y atletics , brandon al bate batazo , envíando a la pentagonal , sexta entrada despertaron los bates de okland , doblete , pero al final non mles alcanzo y los gigantes ganan 8 a 6 . >>> el todo lo que tenemos en los deportes . >>> mire las imágenes que tenemos acontinuacion , una cámara de teléfono celular , grabo el ffenomeno en el cielo , es analizado por los cientificos . >>> el prónostico para el fin de semana . >>> (♪ ♪) . >>> gracias que tal , no se le valla a olvidar el domingo 20 de mayo eclipse anular , que significa , bueno lla sombra de la luna se proyecta , pero no va a cubrir por completo al sol y se va a ver un anillo alrededor , pero mucho cuidado no se puede ver a simple vista . >>> mucho cuidado véalo por television . >>> empieza ya en asía oriental cruza el apcifico norte y llega a la costa oeste de estados unidos buena suerte el primer eclipse del 2012 . >>> temperatura estables , alto oleaje pero buenas condiciones para nosotros , mañana en los 65 grados con nubosidad , y continuaran para el día domingo , más fre
. >>> día viernes de baseball , entre gigantes y atletics , brandon al bate batazo , envíando a la pentagonal , sexta entrada despertaron los bates de okland , doblete , pero al final non mles alcanzo y los gigantes ganan 8 a 6 . >>> el todo lo que tenemos en los deportes . >>> mire las imágenes que tenemos acontinuacion , una cámara de teléfono celular , grabo el ffenomeno en el cielo , es analizado por los cientificos . >>> el prónostico para el fin...
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we believe that we should audit the pentagon. introduce all those that you want. the hardware is the work you ladies and gentlemen have done. frankly, mr. conaway's laser beam focus on this for a number of years has really been the proximate cause of this. i would like to get into the progress we're that we're making in the problems we have found on the act of auditing. the first has to do with the problem of a beginning balance. obviously, to get a clean audit letter, you need to have an accurate beginning balance. this is a problem that you all inherited. you did not create. obviously if you have a history of no audits or centuries or decades, a good beginning balance is no easy thing. what steps are being taken to try to deal with this problem of the beginning balance? >> there are comments in particular that i would like to add. the problem is the way we do financial management at the department of defense, we go back 10 years or more. so we have five years budgeted for shipbuilding and we spend this amount of that amount of dollars. and we just don't have the
we believe that we should audit the pentagon. introduce all those that you want. the hardware is the work you ladies and gentlemen have done. frankly, mr. conaway's laser beam focus on this for a number of years has really been the proximate cause of this. i would like to get into the progress we're that we're making in the problems we have found on the act of auditing. the first has to do with the problem of a beginning balance. obviously, to get a clean audit letter, you need to have an...
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she's at the pentagon. the syrians are saying we won't use chemical weapons on our own people but the outside forces that might intervene, that's a different matter. what are the folks at the pentagon saying about that? >> this is a huge concern across washington. the israelis are saying if they see chemical weapons on the move they will consider it a threat and they might do something about it. within a few days here everybody is going back and forth about chemical weapons. until now the administration had been firm that they were under military control and they didn't see a problem there. now a lot of people worried about it. i want you to have a listen to what the state department had to say earlier today. >> any talk about any use of any kind of a weapon like that in this situation is horrific and chilling. the syrian regime has a responsibility and the world has a responsibility to its own citizens to protect and safeguard those weapons and that kind of loose talk just speaks to the kind of regime we'r
she's at the pentagon. the syrians are saying we won't use chemical weapons on our own people but the outside forces that might intervene, that's a different matter. what are the folks at the pentagon saying about that? >> this is a huge concern across washington. the israelis are saying if they see chemical weapons on the move they will consider it a threat and they might do something about it. within a few days here everybody is going back and forth about chemical weapons. until now the...
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tribal leaders have been inside the green zone or stepped foot on one of the vast american bases on the pentagon's private contractors building the country. where did that stop me from writing regularly when i called and still call a american cigarettes, when most of the people who visit those bases didn't consider places with 20-mile perimeters, the canon mercenary person who knows what else to be particularly noteworthy structures on the iraqi landscape and so with rare exceptions worth commenting on. and certainly no expert on the shiites and sunnis. i'm a little foggy on my iraqi geography and never seen the tigris or euphrates rivers pitt on the other hand, it does occur that a whole lot to the american spun and officials and military types have done all of the above, spent time up close and personal for a piece in the american version couldn't have arrived at the last many years. the first-hand experience, but has been for reporters like the "washington post" and now "the new york times" but patrick in the british independent can't be the be-all. sometimes being far away, not just in iraq, b
tribal leaders have been inside the green zone or stepped foot on one of the vast american bases on the pentagon's private contractors building the country. where did that stop me from writing regularly when i called and still call a american cigarettes, when most of the people who visit those bases didn't consider places with 20-mile perimeters, the canon mercenary person who knows what else to be particularly noteworthy structures on the iraqi landscape and so with rare exceptions worth...
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really raise awareness here in this committee of some of the things that i hear going on within our pentagon and within the military where servicemen and women are discouraged from pointing out things that they see such as what happened at fort hood with soa on the card and just signals that are very clear for people going through their daily routine that should raise a red flag for us. but yet they are still there will be labeled as an islamaphobe. i think when we have hearings within this hearing addressing fort hood or addressing the radicalization of muslim youth, it's not an address of islam. it's more of an address of an ideology that is really encouraging folks that practice islam as religion to embrace a certain set of ideals and ideological values that lean more toward the attacks that we see. i think that's what happened, major hasan was caught up in the. but as americans we can't be afraid to speak out. i want to thank the professor for having the courage, the moral courage to speak about those differences, that's where her today about the difference between islam and your practic
really raise awareness here in this committee of some of the things that i hear going on within our pentagon and within the military where servicemen and women are discouraged from pointing out things that they see such as what happened at fort hood with soa on the card and just signals that are very clear for people going through their daily routine that should raise a red flag for us. but yet they are still there will be labeled as an islamaphobe. i think when we have hearings within this...
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. >>> the pentagon has begun to review a book written by a navy seal who promises to tell the story on the raid that killed osama bin laden. it is called no easy day. he was part of the team that raided osama bin laden's compound aand killed him. he signed a -- and killed him. he signed a secrecy agreement when he became a navy seal. >>> new york senator wants $61 million added to the spending bill that is being negotiated in congress. he said the dome fell into serious disrepair, has 13 cracks in it. right now the money is not in the house version of the bill but in the senate version. >>> we will talk about our weather, it is beautiful but first tropical storm isaac. >> in the golf as it moves on. i have a model here. we could check the progress for the next 24 hours. we will take the computer. here we are, monday 5:00. i move it forward. tuesday, this is central time, 2:00, you see the eye of the storm, winds 200 miles per hour. off the southeast tip of louisiana. in the new orleans area. and then it moves through. that system will linger for a while. thursday and friday, you see it
. >>> the pentagon has begun to review a book written by a navy seal who promises to tell the story on the raid that killed osama bin laden. it is called no easy day. he was part of the team that raided osama bin laden's compound aand killed him. he signed a -- and killed him. he signed a secrecy agreement when he became a navy seal. >>> new york senator wants $61 million added to the spending bill that is being negotiated in congress. he said the dome fell into serious...
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-- not far from the pentagon back in 2006. the gsa says under the current administration spending on all conferences and ceremonies has been suspended. >>> the fast food chain expanding in the bay area but announcement by companies president could hurt the popularity here. chic-fil-a plans to open up stores in the bay area. the companies president has publicly said that it supports quote the biblical definition of the family unit. that is in reference to the defense of marriage. that has customers who already like chill phil -- chic-fil-a's food considering where they spend their money. >> when i learn they are against guy marriage and have been contributing to different things about the defense of marriage act and things like that, i don't think i'm going to choose to go there anymore. >> chic-fil-a released a statement saying they will treat everyone with honor, dignity, and respect regardless of their race, or sexual orientation. >>> we will send it back to sal. how is it going right now? >> good morning everyone. let's tak
-- not far from the pentagon back in 2006. the gsa says under the current administration spending on all conferences and ceremonies has been suspended. >>> the fast food chain expanding in the bay area but announcement by companies president could hurt the popularity here. chic-fil-a plans to open up stores in the bay area. the companies president has publicly said that it supports quote the biblical definition of the family unit. that is in reference to the defense of marriage. that...
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. >>> pentagon is taking a close look at a book written by a former navy seal who took part in the raid on osama bin laden. the book is called no easy day. the author using a fake name, marco went. they did not submit the book ahead of time as he is required to do and if there is information that is classified he will submit to charges. >>> and this happened last night at the beach. now the child was rushed by helicopter to the oakland children's hospital there. the marin county fire department said he may have had a seizure before he fell. among other things, he said he had trouble with his memory. >>> and loren joseph herzog is back in prison after a short release. it took place in san joaquin valley where he buried his victims. they are investigating what type of the area they will have to dig up to find possible remains. one person says this is the beginning of a very long very sensitive process of uncovering gravesites. >> we must treat the recovery effort with the highest amount of respect for their victims and their families. >> now johnny wrote a bill that allowed wesley howard
. >>> pentagon is taking a close look at a book written by a former navy seal who took part in the raid on osama bin laden. the book is called no easy day. the author using a fake name, marco went. they did not submit the book ahead of time as he is required to do and if there is information that is classified he will submit to charges. >>> and this happened last night at the beach. now the child was rushed by helicopter to the oakland children's hospital there. the marin...
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. >> now, according to the pentagon, at least 10 members from from various branches of the military may have also been involved in the misconduct which happened just before president obama arrived for the submit of the americas last weekend. >>> on the 2012 campaign trail tonight, gop nominee mitt romney is gaining more support. john baynor now throwing his weight. he has the economic policies that will get americans back to work. mitch mcconnell endorsing romney as well saying the republican party is behind him all the way. and months after pledging his support to newt gingrich, herman cain is now also getting on the romney band wagon. >>> if president obama gets reelected, i'll be dead or in jail by this time next year. now, that was the promise from rock star ted nugent. he made the remarks at a convention in st. louis over the weekend. he also called the obama administration vile, evil and america hating, and that has the secret service investigating the remarks. >>> he stabbed a 92-year-old woman to death and then came back, stole her money and credit cards and now a teenager in pr
. >> now, according to the pentagon, at least 10 members from from various branches of the military may have also been involved in the misconduct which happened just before president obama arrived for the submit of the americas last weekend. >>> on the 2012 campaign trail tonight, gop nominee mitt romney is gaining more support. john baynor now throwing his weight. he has the economic policies that will get americans back to work. mitch mcconnell endorsing romney as well saying...
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the pentagon signed the deployment order this morning. no word when the troops will deploy or how long they will be gone. >>> u.n. ambassador susan rice has a private meting with president obama this afternoon at the white house. day after she announced she is no longer in a running for secretary of state. she is withdrawing her name for consideration in order to avoid a lengthy disruptive conformation process. president obama says rice will remain a key member of his cabinet. >> her interest isn't in serving me but in serving the country. i could not be more prouder than her. she will be one of my top members. >> massachusetts senator john kerry is considered the front runner for secretary of state. kerry is known as a foreign policy expert. he is expected that he would face little opposition from his fellow senators. >>> president obama and house speaker john boehner had another face to face talk but no word on progress. the two met for an hour at the white house last night before boehner headed home to ohio for the weekend. the preside
the pentagon signed the deployment order this morning. no word when the troops will deploy or how long they will be gone. >>> u.n. ambassador susan rice has a private meting with president obama this afternoon at the white house. day after she announced she is no longer in a running for secretary of state. she is withdrawing her name for consideration in order to avoid a lengthy disruptive conformation process. president obama says rice will remain a key member of his cabinet. >>...
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the pentagon can cut more. it just needs more time and less mindless rules to do so. could sequestration still be avoided? yes, lawmakers could strike a deal at the last minute to keep it from happening or stop it shortly after it takes effect. but no matter what happens with sequestration, d.o.d. should use this opportunity to prepare for what most think is inevitable. another 200 billion to $300 billion likely to be cut over the coming decade as part of any budget deal. in this fiscal and political climate, national security cuts will likely be demanded quickly. only by thinking ahead, prioritizing and rigorously driving reforms and slashing waste will the pentagon control its future rather than have its future deck at a timed -- dictated by powers beyond its control. thank you for joining us for "this week in defense news." you can watch this program on defensenewstv.com or e-mail me at vago@defensenews.com. i'll be back next week at the same time. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your ret
the pentagon can cut more. it just needs more time and less mindless rules to do so. could sequestration still be avoided? yes, lawmakers could strike a deal at the last minute to keep it from happening or stop it shortly after it takes effect. but no matter what happens with sequestration, d.o.d. should use this opportunity to prepare for what most think is inevitable. another 200 billion to $300 billion likely to be cut over the coming decade as part of any budget deal. in this fiscal and...
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how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a big fan of the show. >> thank you very much. >> this is a serious problem for the d.o.d. anything that would impact war fighter safety or mission assurance we take very seriously. we're treating this as a very serious problem. what we're doing to counteract counterfeit in the d.o.d. supply chain and we're premayoral focused on weapons systems parts, things on airplanes, et cetera, is essentially identify those items that are critical to safety and mission performance, exercise particular due diligence and care in procuring those and testing them, sharing information across the
how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a...
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i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're forgetting in this debate. >> unfortunately that's all the time we have for now. coming up in my notebook, why it's time for both washington and beijing to tone down the >>> while kaine's future leader way in america, i was in singapore where it was clear america's engagement is welcomed by allies worried by the beijing rise and sweeping claims. american warships will deploy from singapore and the philippines, australia will host 5500 u.s. marines, japan will buy the joint strike fighter. but what america sees as reassuring, china sees as encirclement. china blames
i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're...
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so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the coming days and weeks. the total savings that they're talking about, and again, this is the savings relative to last year's budget, it's $259 billion over the five-year plan. 25% of those savings are supposed to come from efficiencies. that's another $60 billion in efficiencies on top of $178 billion in efficiencies that was in last year's budget. boy, that's very optimistic to think that you can find all those efficiencies. i think it is incredibly risky to be banking on those savings before they have been achieved. it is always a good g
so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the...
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if you were tuned into the last hour, our pentagon correspondent barbara starr confirming staff sergeant jesse childress of the u.s. air force. if you remember, randi, four servicemen in all shot and wounded early friday morning in the aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting, but we've just confirmed staff sergeant jesse childress of california. he was a member of the air force reserve, active duty. his family telling cnn that they were notified at about 1:00 a.m. this morning of his death. john larimer, petty officer with the u.s. navy, also among the list of deceased that cnn has been able to independently confirm. he's a 27-year-old, was in the u.s. navy for less than a year, and was serving his first post there in colorado. the family notified about his death last night. we spoke to -- i spoke to his father, scott, from crystal lake, illinois. he said "we send our thoughts and prayers out to families of the other victims and those still recovering in the hospital. we love you, john, and we will always miss you." matt mcquinn also being listed among the deceased. like many others, hi
if you were tuned into the last hour, our pentagon correspondent barbara starr confirming staff sergeant jesse childress of the u.s. air force. if you remember, randi, four servicemen in all shot and wounded early friday morning in the aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting, but we've just confirmed staff sergeant jesse childress of california. he was a member of the air force reserve, active duty. his family telling cnn that they were notified at about 1:00 a.m. this morning of his death....
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we saw the pentagon get hit and we were a part of the great bug out from washington. and i knew that my country do not want me. i am a trauma nurse. if you are dying, i am somebody you want in the room to save your life. i am told i am a halfway decent lawyer, but you don't want me to your judge advocate general floor. i could drive a ship. my ego is strong enough to know that i can make a destroyer dance to my commands and you didn't want me to do that either. and i don't want anybody to ever feel the way that i felt that day because it isn't because of military necessity. 10 of our allies have heard a figure that out. and the church of the challenge to us as we have to find a winning strategy to get our country to change to become closer to that perfect union we talk about. you know, it is our rhetoric and our reality still have a disjoint. and i think because i serve, because i took a nose as i have a duty to make our reality a lot closer to that rhetoric because it's real. they're not just words. admiral mike mullen in coming to the conclusion of "don't ask, don't
we saw the pentagon get hit and we were a part of the great bug out from washington. and i knew that my country do not want me. i am a trauma nurse. if you are dying, i am somebody you want in the room to save your life. i am told i am a halfway decent lawyer, but you don't want me to your judge advocate general floor. i could drive a ship. my ego is strong enough to know that i can make a destroyer dance to my commands and you didn't want me to do that either. and i don't want anybody to ever...
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we tend to think of what happens at the pentagon and you're at the department of homeland security. what are you preparing to do for it and can your personnel accounts be sheltered? >> we're hopeful that the personnel accounts can be sheltered because we fall under the defense authorization act in terms of military pay and benefits. but many of our missions, as you know, unless they are defense related are performed on the domestic side of the government's budget. so we're running through various scenarios. it's really premature for me at this point to start saying what i would do because we're looking at a lot of different options. i certainly have some things in mind, but all my senior leadership is engaged right now coming up with the various options and presenting them to me in that eventuality. >> how devastating an impact is it going to be on you guys if you get nail snd >> it's going to be very, very significant. you either have to eat into your operations that you're performing or your long-term plans for recapitalization or what i don't want to do is what i really reluctant
we tend to think of what happens at the pentagon and you're at the department of homeland security. what are you preparing to do for it and can your personnel accounts be sheltered? >> we're hopeful that the personnel accounts can be sheltered because we fall under the defense authorization act in terms of military pay and benefits. but many of our missions, as you know, unless they are defense related are performed on the domestic side of the government's budget. so we're running through...
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we also saw an attack on the pentagon. it didn't destroy the pentagon. it didn't cause the number of casualties would you see in a major battle, although every life lost was a tragedy. but it was a psychological blow to the united states. it was in some ways the foundational principle of terrorism. how do you exact the greatest amount of terror, a lack of confidence, a fear in a people, particularly in the civilian population, while doing what would be relatively speaking a small amount of damage? and i don't want to diminish the amount of physical damage that was done. but relative to the scenes that we have seen from world war ii, for destruction of entire cities, for destruction of buildings and infrastructure that existed not for years, not for decades, but for centuries, and yet the threat is as great as the threats we have faced before. and within the context of this war of terror, as opposed to the war on terror, because the war is really against those who would destroy us, utilizing terror, i don't think you should define a war as against the tac
we also saw an attack on the pentagon. it didn't destroy the pentagon. it didn't cause the number of casualties would you see in a major battle, although every life lost was a tragedy. but it was a psychological blow to the united states. it was in some ways the foundational principle of terrorism. how do you exact the greatest amount of terror, a lack of confidence, a fear in a people, particularly in the civilian population, while doing what would be relatively speaking a small amount of...
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the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i don't remember the exact clock ticking. i think the president submitted his request on the day that the house came back, so that would have been monday a week ago. so the 15 day clock will probably be reached next tuesday. and that means, i presume, on wednesday morning, our debt ceiling as a nation will go up $1.2 trillion, failing the passage by the resolution a disapproval and the override of a suspected president's veto. so the debt ceiling will go up, up until we hit it again. now, when are we going to hit it again? good news this mo
the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i...
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now i am and cod nidal per gries served in afghanistan one year-ago then the pentagon. also at camp with juneut and ina in south bend indiana. te >> what are the tensions? there is said dependent relationship? of >> i would not say that nowtoo but you can hide in the past re with that too much work in the present but it is a? su remarkable success story. nes in this interesting in the 40's the navy says we take??? care of you.??????? ? pay for the equipment that you use. you should be happy that we are here. after the amphibious forces the story changes. now they say don't cut the funding you don't of the ?rine task forces.??????? it is a little reverse.????? the institutional power is??? radically different.????? 3% of active duty.????? today there are 200,000.r 14% of the armed forces.officeit there was no public 194 relations apparatus.1.es i don't take anybody will lead disagree. prestigious by all accounts. this is evidence of their ability to create powerful said billy and military alliances to protect the interest wartime and p
now i am and cod nidal per gries served in afghanistan one year-ago then the pentagon. also at camp with juneut and ina in south bend indiana. te >> what are the tensions? there is said dependent relationship? of >> i would not say that nowtoo but you can hide in the past re with that too much work in the present but it is a? su remarkable success story. nes in this interesting in the 40's the navy says we take??? care of you.??????? ? pay for the equipment that you use....
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there is an office at the pentagon to coordinate and develop doctrine and coordination. but aside from that, there hasn't been a lot of discussion and it's prompted critics to say it's just a fad or just sort of play a head game with the chinese or iranians. where is the program now? what's next and how important is it? >> it's vitally important. the united states navy and the united states air force are the two power projection services of the american armed forces. and it is our services that will enable the army and the marine corps to operate should that be required. i think the key thing here is that there is a proliferation of technology. certainly it is true in the western pacific. it is likewise true in other areas, including the persian gulf. if we did not respond to these developments, we would be pushed further away from our objective areas with all the attendant disadvantages that would entail. so the cooperation between the navy and the air force is simply what one would expect operators to do. that is to maximize each other's capabilities to support one ano
there is an office at the pentagon to coordinate and develop doctrine and coordination. but aside from that, there hasn't been a lot of discussion and it's prompted critics to say it's just a fad or just sort of play a head game with the chinese or iranians. where is the program now? what's next and how important is it? >> it's vitally important. the united states navy and the united states air force are the two power projection services of the american armed forces. and it is our...
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the pentagon says the exception is only for this year's parade and does not extend beyond that >>> world's largest aids conference opens sunday in washington, d.c. with an optimistic outlook after a decade of dispair during the 80s when the disease was deadly, the head of uc san francisco's aids division says we are now entering a remarkable time in the fight against aids. >> the -- for the first time, we are going to be talking about the beginning of the end of the aids epidemic. the cumulative number of advances we have when you put them together we feel like we are at a defining moment of the el and turning point. >> some -- breakthroughs includes a combination of drugs that reduce transmission by 96%. in 2007 timothy brown un a bone marrow transplant and became the first person to be cured. >> the first case of west nile found this year in sonoma county confirmed. tests show a dead crow found in petaluma last week was infected with west nile the virus is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes. residents are reminded to eliminate sources of standing water on their property which are
the pentagon says the exception is only for this year's parade and does not extend beyond that >>> world's largest aids conference opens sunday in washington, d.c. with an optimistic outlook after a decade of dispair during the 80s when the disease was deadly, the head of uc san francisco's aids division says we are now entering a remarkable time in the fight against aids. >> the -- for the first time, we are going to be talking about the beginning of the end of the aids...
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leave the pentagon and go to the industry. who is he and how class are you to the way he does things? >> guest: works for the cementer of defense of information, a columnist for us, a panelist at the mill blogging conference we sponsor. he's been a guest on my podcast many times, and so, i mean, i don't quarrel with the point of view. before i took the job at military.com, i was a civil servant at the naval air systems command at the v-# -- v22 program. as a fleet guy, i didn't have exposure necessarily to the industry side of it, the defense procurement, you know, the roslin part, no exposure, but working at the v22, as you know, a controversial airplane. c-span: explain it. >> guest: it's the v-22 ausprey, half helicopter, half propeller plane with several high profile crashes in tests, almost canceled, brought back from the brink of extension, and then had life breathed into it and ultimately succeeded now in fleet use in afghanistan and throughout the marine corp. and the special operation command, you know, the so-com, sp
leave the pentagon and go to the industry. who is he and how class are you to the way he does things? >> guest: works for the cementer of defense of information, a columnist for us, a panelist at the mill blogging conference we sponsor. he's been a guest on my podcast many times, and so, i mean, i don't quarrel with the point of view. before i took the job at military.com, i was a civil servant at the naval air systems command at the v-# -- v22 program. as a fleet guy, i didn't have...
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the budget you must hate america and all that but when you look closely you have to understand the pentagon from the department of defense is the only department that isn't subject to audit. that doesn't mean they failed or look at all the things we found they are not even subject to what we've been figuring out piece by piece is that since 1911 the pentagon budget went up. the increase was 2 trillion. 1 trillion went to the board met with the other nobody knows where it went because the air force has been scaled back, the navy is scaled back and the army increased marginally but
the budget you must hate america and all that but when you look closely you have to understand the pentagon from the department of defense is the only department that isn't subject to audit. that doesn't mean they failed or look at all the things we found they are not even subject to what we've been figuring out piece by piece is that since 1911 the pentagon budget went up. the increase was 2 trillion. 1 trillion went to the board met with the other nobody knows where it went because the air...
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a majority of americans want 4kv spendings than the pentagon or congress support according to a new poll. will their views be heard in washington? plus a powerful new film documents the troop surge in afghanistan from the perspective of a single marine platoon. first, full notion photos from platforms have become the most powerful tools in the u.s. military arsenal, allowing commanders to preanl watch military enemies and strike them but surveillance video can be shaky, fuzzy, blurry and jittery, making it difficult to pick out key intelligence. fixes these problems has been expensive. that's where motion dsb comes in, a california startup company that has considered kena that can stabilize, sharpen, clarify and enlarge épgd do in real time. here to talk about the new technology is shawn vera, the ceo of motion sensor dvb. welcome. >> thanks very much. >> what your computer programs do is really fascinating, is really amazing and you're the only guys doing it in realtime. what are some of the things that it can do and how does it work? >> so, really, there are many problems with video.
a majority of americans want 4kv spendings than the pentagon or congress support according to a new poll. will their views be heard in washington? plus a powerful new film documents the troop surge in afghanistan from the perspective of a single marine platoon. first, full notion photos from platforms have become the most powerful tools in the u.s. military arsenal, allowing commanders to preanl watch military enemies and strike them but surveillance video can be shaky, fuzzy, blurry and...
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is the pentagon in control? it would seem it would be much harder to cut this if the generals really didn't want to do it as the gentleman is indicating. >> i think about what they think basically blasting their boss, the commander in chief. but i have no doubt that chairman ryan, like in chairmen before him have had plenty of discussion with generals who come to him and say i would like more money. i think that happens all the time. and i think generals go, you know, it's part of the process. they go to the hill and they talk to chairman and they say this is what we'd like, particularly for my service. and, you know, they always want more. they're not really in the business of cutting. they're in the business of saying this is what i want to do. so i'm not sure -- back to your question, which was, you know, i think that the pentagon -- a big part of the strategy review that we saw earlier this year was -- came out of negotiations that happened last year where basically said we see this is coming down the pike,
is the pentagon in control? it would seem it would be much harder to cut this if the generals really didn't want to do it as the gentleman is indicating. >> i think about what they think basically blasting their boss, the commander in chief. but i have no doubt that chairman ryan, like in chairmen before him have had plenty of discussion with generals who come to him and say i would like more money. i think that happens all the time. and i think generals go, you know, it's part of the...
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it's waifl and would be really hard -- waysful and would be really hard to the pentagon. we could do tradeoffs to get efficiency. >> i don't think sequestration is going to happen. i may be an outlier in this group by saying that. i think it's unlikely. what is likely is that moving this agenda to the right each year on defense is that defense will go down significantly more than the $500 billion secretary panetta thinks he's put out over 10 years. that's the bottom line. whether it's fast or slow, it's going down. >> primarily military leaders will tell you that their expectation is that there's several hundred potentially significant reductions, you know, $300, some suggest, more to come, it's just that they want to do it on their terms and not have it shoved down their throat. >> i think that's what will happen, but it'll only happen in the context of a bigger agreement. >> i want to give todd an opportunity here. >> the other thing too is even if sequestration does happen, it can be reversed by congress >> so it's not an all-or- nothing game here. it could be a tempor
it's waifl and would be really hard -- waysful and would be really hard to the pentagon. we could do tradeoffs to get efficiency. >> i don't think sequestration is going to happen. i may be an outlier in this group by saying that. i think it's unlikely. what is likely is that moving this agenda to the right each year on defense is that defense will go down significantly more than the $500 billion secretary panetta thinks he's put out over 10 years. that's the bottom line. whether it's...
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the pentagon ramping up military presence. what could precipitate a rapid escalation of the showdown with iran. for more on this we are joined by general jack keane. he is a fox news military analyst. i'll come back to the program, general. what is going on in the persian gulf? >> clearly come the united states is building up defensive forces as a deterrent. they want the iranians to know to not even think about doing something as a result of the economic sanctions, which are starting to have some impact. this is prevention and i think there is something excellent that we are doing. the additional ships,. megyn: we talked about that last week, what is this protective shield? how will it help us? >> the iranians have a significant missile capability. they are the ballistic missiles that can range beyond israel. what this does is pick pics of the missile almost at launch time and gives us the opportunity to knock down a missile. megyn: are we just getting around to that now a matter. >> know, what we are doing is adding some in
the pentagon ramping up military presence. what could precipitate a rapid escalation of the showdown with iran. for more on this we are joined by general jack keane. he is a fox news military analyst. i'll come back to the program, general. what is going on in the persian gulf? >> clearly come the united states is building up defensive forces as a deterrent. they want the iranians to know to not even think about doing something as a result of the economic sanctions, which are starting to...
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college there's a bunch of us that study us media history and you look back over forty years since the pentagon papers where the new york times another paper said on a national security issue no our agency is to the public we're going to stand up against the government you look from pentagon papers to today and you see forty years of these big institutions like the new york times just getting cozier and cozier and cozier and one of the classic examples i mentioned was sitting on a story for more than a year that the bush administration was engaging in warrantless wiretapping on americans and holding out till after the two thousand and four election that's pretty telling and and asking for federal government direction on what wiki leaks material at the time should publish or not publish things are getting worse at the new york times i don't expect them to turn around because of this incident really interesting jeff thank you so much for coming on the show appreciate it that was jeff collins journalism professor at a college and a media critic. that's going to wrap it up for this hour but for mor
college there's a bunch of us that study us media history and you look back over forty years since the pentagon papers where the new york times another paper said on a national security issue no our agency is to the public we're going to stand up against the government you look from pentagon papers to today and you see forty years of these big institutions like the new york times just getting cozier and cozier and cozier and one of the classic examples i mentioned was sitting on a story for...
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and this is not just a pentagon problem. much of america remains too poorly guarded raising fears of a cyber attack crashing power, communication and banking. the senate had the opportunity to pass legislation to improve cyber security but even after much dilution the bill was voted down despite stripping a key provision that would have allowed the government to set key standards some were concerned the government would have imposed too much cost on businesses and exerted too much control over how businesses protect their computers and networks. businesses are always opposed to being forced into paying additional costs including for cyber security. but security is like fire safety. the expense of that protection is paid to safeguards one's own property as well as your neighbors and the community at large. we all benefit from the interconnected world but with that come greater responsibilities and vulnerabilities making legislation that increases security for the common good imperative. thank you for joining us for "this week
and this is not just a pentagon problem. much of america remains too poorly guarded raising fears of a cyber attack crashing power, communication and banking. the senate had the opportunity to pass legislation to improve cyber security but even after much dilution the bill was voted down despite stripping a key provision that would have allowed the government to set key standards some were concerned the government would have imposed too much cost on businesses and exerted too much control over...
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has reported -- usa today reported on february 29th, quote, pentagon officials have little proof the programs work and they won't make public where the money goes, end quote. as far back as 2003, d.o.d.'s operations road map found the department cannot currently identify what to spend on an io or even on specific core capabilities. the pentagon's top contractor, leoni industries is run by a brother-sister pair with no military contracting experience and $4 million with liens on their homes for not paying federal taxes. but perhaps most disturbing is evidence that the usa today journalist who spearheaded this investigation was subsequently targeted in a possibly criminal disinformation and reputation attack campaign. that campaign appears to have employed tactics including twitter and facebook accounts, impersonating the journalists, the unauthorized web domains using the journalists' names and attacking the journalists on multiple websites. some of that phony content even hypothesized that a journalist doing his job looking into allegations of waste in government might be an agent of
has reported -- usa today reported on february 29th, quote, pentagon officials have little proof the programs work and they won't make public where the money goes, end quote. as far back as 2003, d.o.d.'s operations road map found the department cannot currently identify what to spend on an io or even on specific core capabilities. the pentagon's top contractor, leoni industries is run by a brother-sister pair with no military contracting experience and $4 million with liens on their homes for...
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the air force's decision to kill the c-27j light transport aircraft has sent shockwaves across the pentagon and industry. we take a look at the impact and we take a sneak peek at the navy league's upcoming and revamped sea, air space conference and exhibition. but, first, the united states appears to have underestimated the speed of china's weapons program. that's the conclusion in a new report how did washington get it wrong and what capabilities is china investing in? here to answer those questions is is the commission's chairman, dennis shay, a government policy attorney who served in the bush administration and was an adviser to former senator bob dole. sir, welcome to the program. >> thanks, vago. good to be here. >> how did we miss something so important and who's responsibility was it for us to be really updated as to what was going on in china? >> the the ultimate responsibility is the intelligence community. let me talk a little bit about the report. the report relies exclusively on open sources, it does not rely on classified channels, so the report is very clear about that. it al
the air force's decision to kill the c-27j light transport aircraft has sent shockwaves across the pentagon and industry. we take a look at the impact and we take a sneak peek at the navy league's upcoming and revamped sea, air space conference and exhibition. but, first, the united states appears to have underestimated the speed of china's weapons program. that's the conclusion in a new report how did washington get it wrong and what capabilities is china investing in? here to answer those...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming costs. >> brown: then, we turn to florida, where judy woodruff has an update on the g.o.p. presidential primary contest. >> warner: kwame holman reports on a key component of president obama's re-election strategy highlighting the political gridlock in washington. >> president obama says this 112th congress-- as divided and partisan as it is-- should work with him on behalf of the american people. >> brown: ray suarez looks at today's jobs problem and the future role of manufacturing. >> warner: and, we have a conversation with veteran reporter tom edsall about the political landscape in a time of scarce resources. >> t
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming...
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you will land the job at the pentagon. that is how our system of checks and balances breaks down. >> he was suggesting that if you want to leave capitol hill and go to the pentagon, but we hear people leave the pentagon and go to the industry. who is he? how do you come close to the things he does thing? >> he works for the center of defense. he is a columnist for us. he has been a panelist at the blogging conference and a guest of mine podcast. i do not quarrel with his point of view. before i took the job at military.com, i worked as a civil servant at the v-22 program. as a fleet the guy, i did not have any exposure to the industry's side of it, the defense procurement. i had no exposure. working in the v-22 which is controversial -- >> explain what it is? >> it is a marine airplane that is half helicopter, half propeller plane. at several crashes during test that was almost canceled and brought to the brink of extinction and then is now in fleet use throughout the marine corps. and the special operations command. they
you will land the job at the pentagon. that is how our system of checks and balances breaks down. >> he was suggesting that if you want to leave capitol hill and go to the pentagon, but we hear people leave the pentagon and go to the industry. who is he? how do you come close to the things he does thing? >> he works for the center of defense. he is a columnist for us. he has been a panelist at the blogging conference and a guest of mine podcast. i do not quarrel with his point of...
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portions of the film were reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and contains the names of the recipients of the medal of honor. the film aired as part of the big picture series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. the series focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the bugle's sound of valor. those years and that valor have been given tangible focus here in this quiet shrine of tribute, the hall of heroes. here on the inner ring of the pentagon, this space is dedicated to a nation's remembrance. not of events, but of deeds. deeds of americans in uniform who gave more than was asked, more than could be asked of them. not always their lives but always themselves without pause and without reservation. each man whose name appears on these walls and those whose names will appear here are members of a unique fraternity of courage. they are all recipi
portions of the film were reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and contains the names of the recipients of the medal of honor. the film aired as part of the big picture series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. the series focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the...
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that question gave me pause because each one of us remembers when the twin towers collapsed, when the pentagon was struck, and when the plane crashed in pennsylvania. and what i found through my reporting along with the fox specials unit is that every investigative threat e led back to an american, al awlaki. he is the leader of al qaeda 2.0, this new generation of american recruits. these are people who lemplg our technology against us. so whether they are e-mailing or blogging or skyping, they are kind of like the facebook friends from hell. and this could not be more topical, because what most americans don't realize is that there is a documented case of home grown terrorism in this country every two to three weeks. there have been more cases in the united states in the last two and a half years than we had in the first eight years after 9/11. just recently, we had a case in washington, d.c. a young man living in the united states illegally for 12 years was accused of being a suicide bomber and his target was the capitol building. an important important threshold has now been crossed. what'
that question gave me pause because each one of us remembers when the twin towers collapsed, when the pentagon was struck, and when the plane crashed in pennsylvania. and what i found through my reporting along with the fox specials unit is that every investigative threat e led back to an american, al awlaki. he is the leader of al qaeda 2.0, this new generation of american recruits. these are people who lemplg our technology against us. so whether they are e-mailing or blogging or skyping,...
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and we just heard that the pentagon is keeping this person, rush limbaugh, on its airways on the military network, while other advertisers and stations are canceling because they understand what respect for women is all about. we are not just a small percentage of the military. we have -- women are contributors to this society, and must be recognized as full citizens. we're not play things that are brought into the military for the use of a few predators. we are absolutely necessary, and it shows and i like to call attention in this brief to the number of moral waivers. in other words, allowing criminal predators into the military that are being issued because our numbers of women are being kept artificially low by quota systems. so while the very women are being turned down, people with criminal records, some of them as predators are being admitted. then we wonder why we have this persistent problem. i'm here to tell you that the woman's movement is going to stay at this until there's serious reform and change for the good of our nation and for the good of women. and we are going to figh
and we just heard that the pentagon is keeping this person, rush limbaugh, on its airways on the military network, while other advertisers and stations are canceling because they understand what respect for women is all about. we are not just a small percentage of the military. we have -- women are contributors to this society, and must be recognized as full citizens. we're not play things that are brought into the military for the use of a few predators. we are absolutely necessary, and it...
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but pentagon officials say this was not a case of an iranian vessel harassing a u.s. navy vessel as has happened in the past. >>> court-martial proceedings started today at lackland airforce base in san antonio in the u.s. military's largest sexual assault scandal in more than 20 years. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports on this latest example of a problem the military knows it needs to fix. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant louis walker went on trial today in texas charged with 28 counts of rape and sexual assault against ten female recruits, many still in their teens. he's among a dozen trainers at lackland airforce base under investigation for sexual assaults against 31 recruits. jennifer norris is not one of the 31 recruits but she did train at lackland and before she got there says she was drugged and raped by a recruiter in maine. >> i was frozen. i couldn't move. he did what he had to do and then just rolled over like i was a piece of trash. >> reporter: terrified, norris did not report the rape. like many victims in the male dominated mili
but pentagon officials say this was not a case of an iranian vessel harassing a u.s. navy vessel as has happened in the past. >>> court-martial proceedings started today at lackland airforce base in san antonio in the u.s. military's largest sexual assault scandal in more than 20 years. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports on this latest example of a problem the military knows it needs to fix. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant louis walker went on trial today...
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let's go to the important issue, which is who takes which jobs at the pentagon. loren? panetta moves on who will we see, sometimes chuck hadelea's name. >> he's a member of the opposition party, but not a problematic one. i don't think they will do that. i think they will be with ash carter, the default. he knows everything about the building at the point. >> and has a great policy foundation which is what he had before he took over. >> here's the key. the chief is whoever the next secretary of defense is, they will be build-down. you want somebody who notes the in in other words of the building, -- inside of the building, and work with the white house, the white house is really -- >> the deputy will be key, who are we hearing? >> flornoi is regarded as a policy player, but that requires a manager who should be looking for somebody with some management credential. >>> let's go to the issue of uncertainty. there are a lot of folks who have been saying defense court terse have been sitting -- contractors have been sitting on the inside. does it clear up the uncertainty? >
let's go to the important issue, which is who takes which jobs at the pentagon. loren? panetta moves on who will we see, sometimes chuck hadelea's name. >> he's a member of the opposition party, but not a problematic one. i don't think they will do that. i think they will be with ash carter, the default. he knows everything about the building at the point. >> and has a great policy foundation which is what he had before he took over. >> here's the key. the chief is whoever the...